"Invalid layer" dialog is not helpful

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Author Name: Aren Cambre (Aren Cambre)
Original Redmine Issue: 7806
Affected QGIS version: 1.8.0
Redmine category:data_provider/postgis

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The Invalid Layer dialog does not explain why a layer is invalid.

The attached image has an Invalid Layer dialog that appeared after trying to add a PostGIS table. My view does not have an id column (it only has a geom column). If I didn't already know of the requirement for an id column, I would have had no clue what caused this error.

I am filing as a bug because this is a defect with the UI. The UI should explain errors in enough detail that the user can resolve them.

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• invalid_layer.png (Aren Cambre)

[qgib]

Author Name: Matthias Kuhn (@m-kuhn)

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Fixed in changeset "5009aad255537d2bd708f72682264ea88eba701e".

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• status_id was changed from Open to Closed